AQA GCSE English Lang Paper 2: Extreme weather Grade 9 responses Paper 2 Compare writers’ viewpoints

This lesson is based on the AQA spec English Language Paper 2 comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives looking at the paper on Extreme Weather. Achieve a grade 9!

Looking at the two source documents:
Source A: Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Coping with extreme weather. Published in 2013
Source B: Extract from the London Journal of Flora Tristan (1840). London‘s climate and the English temperament

Discusses AQA new question formats for paper 2 from summer 2026.
Packed full of engaging activities: Do now activity, starter activity, full paper assessment activities and plenaries, with every question modelled with a grade 9 responses for questions 1 to 5.

It breakdowns each question on the reading section 1-4 giving tips and strategies and grade 9 model responses to answer these questions on extreme weather and a grade 9 Q5 response.
-Q1 Select true statements
-Q2 Summarising similarities and differences adding inference
Q3 Commenting and expanding on language techniques
Q4 Comparing viewpoints and perspectives, using contrasting connectives
Question 5 writing gives a grade 9 model response looking at tips and an ideas builder.
Q5 writing task will focus on article writing, expressing viewpoints and developing ideas on extreme weather. Grade 9 model article response included.
Self-assessment marking task, highlighting the language techniques.
This lesson will focus on the paper 2 reading and writing tasks.
This lesson is full of activities and covers 42 slides, focus on developing ideas & justifying opinions and viewpoints, summarising, developing inference, comparing similarities and differences and using exit cards to review learning. Compare texts, discussion points, reflect and review.

Lesson objectives:
• Match the technique with the example
• Present & argue your opinion. People’s carelessness: is it causing more extreme weather disasters?
• Discuss the new AQA question formats for paper 2 from Summer 2026
• To familiarise ourselves with two unseen (21st and 19th Century) texts Source A: 21st Century literary non-fiction Coping with extreme weather by Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Source B: 19th Century non-fiction London‘s climate and the English temperament by Flora Tristan
• Identify true statements using the text as evidence
• Summarise the differences applying quotes and inference
• Develop language techniques and explode inference
• Compare viewpoints and perspectives identifying how the writer feels
• Review and discuss a grade 9 piece of writing
• Share and discuss opinions and viewpoints
• Complete a writing task and plan build up preparation work
• Express our own viewpoints and perspectives on the theme of extreme weather
• Demonstrate your learning & understanding of Paper 2 with your exit card